1 | Strong's Number: g3579 | Greek: xenizo |
Entertain:
signifies
(a) "to receive as a guest" (xenos, "a guest") rendered "entertained" in Act 28:7, RV, for AV, "lodged;" in Hbr 13:2, "have entertained;"
(b) "to be astonished by the strangeness of a thing," Act 17:20; 1Pe 4:4, 12.
See LODGE, STRANGE (think).
Note: In Hbr 13:2 (first part), philoxenia, lit., "love of strangers" (phileo, "to love," and xenos, "a stranger or guest"), is translated "to show love to," RV, for AV, "entertain."
See HOSPITALITY.
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